For day walks or extended journeys where the requirement is to link a series of routes cross country in all parts of Scotland,this book is invaluable. The book facilitates long distance route planning by showing over three hundred cross-country walks most of which can be individually completed in a day. The routes follow existing roads, public and private, tracks and footpaths. Many of the routes follow old roads and drovers tracks. A useful map contained in the back pocket of the book admirably supplements the written information. A book for the serious as well as casual country walker containing information in a tightly written way presented in a user friendly manner. A first class supplement to normal route planning providing a short cut to researching wilderness long distance walks,as well as being a very useful tool to planning a day in the hills.